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BEAD-TREE

\bˈiːdtɹˈiː], \bˈiːdtɹˈiː], \b_ˈiː_d_t_ɹ_ˈiː]\

Definitions of BEAD-TREE

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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The nut of this tree is, by religious persons, bored through, and strung as beads, whence it takes its name.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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